. The MGM and Miramax action thriller opened theatrically on May 6, technically being the unofficial “summer kick-off movie” a week before. It was the smallest summer kick-off movie, opening with just $8.3 million, since, offhand, the Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder comedy in 1991. But by Jason Statham standards, it’s a huge hit.Transporter 2
in 2005. It marked the first time a non-franchise Guy Ritchie flick had opened at the top of the domestic box office. Moreover, that Fri-Sun figure was entirely in line with a standard non-event/non-franchise/non-ensemble Jason Statham action flick. It was right in the $6-$9 million comfort zone of almost every non-franchise, non-ensemble Statham actioner that actually got a nationwide theatrical release.
After 25 days in theaters, the R-rated, brutally violent and narratively zig-zaggy heist thriller has earned $22.7 million domestic. That’s no king’s ransom, but it’s above the $14-$23 million likes ofOnce it gets past $25 million domestic , it’ll have topped the unadjusted domestic grosses ofCrank, The Mechanic, The Bank Job, Snatch
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